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Hackers steal millions of Discord IDs and email address in "deliberate, multi-stage attack" on security service Double Counter
The security service Double Counter, which protects Discord servers, suffered a significant data breach, potentially exposing millions of user IDs, usernames, IP addresses, and location data. Hackers also stole approximately 1 million email addresses. This incident, which saw hackers probe Double Counter's infrastructure for nearly six hours, highlights ongoing security vulnerabilities within third-party services connected to major platforms like Discord.
Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop
Discord has made significant improvements to its Linux desktop application over the past few months, including enhanced Go Live video support, hardware accelerated video encoding, and the addition of an auto-updater. These updates aim to improve the user experience for Linux gamers and users, with the company humorously acknowledging the long development time for features like the updater.
Linux century marches on as Discord brings updater parity with Windows and easy installs for more distros
Discord has updated its application for Linux, bringing its updater functionality in parity with Windows and simplifying installation for more distributions. This change addresses a long-standing inconvenience for Linux users who previously had to manually install updates. The move is seen as a positive sign for Linux's growing presence on the desktop.
